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76 REPLAY — Talking Pizza Slices and Trends with John Gutekanst
Happy Thanksgiving! We’re revising a fun conversation with the one and only John Gutekanst. We talk pizza toppings, latest pizza trends from the International Pizza Challenge and learn what’s happening at Avalanche Pizza in Athens, Ohio. T...
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75. Ask Pizza Today: Trends, Forecasts & Pizza Talk
This week, the Pizza Today team answers your pizza industry questions. We received several questions via social and e-mail. See our take on some of the industry’s hottest topics: long-term forecasting, pizza trends, influx of new competition, pizza...
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74. The Legal Side of the Pizza Business
Thomas Reinhard is both a co-owner of a successful pizza company and an attorney. He goes in-depth into applying his legal knowledge for the pizzeria, Cascadia Pizza Company, with brick-and-mortar locations and mobile units near Seattle, Washington. ...
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73. Neapolitan in a Small City
Bill and Cheryl Crawford co-own Righteous Slice in Rexburg, Idaho. They’ve pooled their talents together to bring their small city Neapolitan pizza and Rexburg loves it. But they’re not stopping there with the upcoming launch of a New York-style ...
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72. Science of Pizza Dough and Positivity with Derek Sanchez
Pizza Champion Derek Sanchez brings a contagious positive energy to the pizza industry. He is also fascinated by the science of pizza dough. Sit back, listen and you’ll learn all about bacteria’s impact on pizza and how that helps him win pizza c...
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71. Building a Restaurant Empire with Rachel Cope
Rachel Cope started with one small pizza shop in Oklahoma City less than 10 years ago. Once Empire got rolling, the pizzeria crushed annual sales of $3 million and climbed from there. Today, she owns 84 Hospitality with seven different concepts. List...
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70. Talking Slices and Pizza Trends with John Gutekanst
It’s National Pizza Month so we have brought back our resident Pizza Master John Gutekanst to talk pizza toppings, latest pizza trends from the International Pizza Challenge and an update on what’s happening at Avalanche Pizza in Athens, Ohio. Th...
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69. Day by Day at Lepoma’s Pizza — The Hot Slice Podcast
Listen to Carrie and Anthony Lepoma, owners of Lepoma’s Pizza in Georgia on The Hot Slice with Pizza Today Carrie and Anthony Lepoma opened Lepoma’s Pizza in Georgia in 2015. Passionate about pizza, growing the business was the couple’s unflinc...
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68. Pizza Expo Mini Sessions: Pandemic Pizza Startups
We continue our interview from Pizza Expo with two pizza operations that opened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Janet Duran from 550 Pizzeria in Laredo, Texas, has found success and incredible community support since opening in 2020. Dani and Alex Whit...
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67. Pizza Expo Mini Sessions: Being Bold & Creative
This week we continue sharing our mini session interviews from the exhibit hall at this year’s International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Guests are Que Wimberly of The Missing Brick in Indianapolis, Indiana and Neil and Richie Syal of RockFire Grill i...
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66: Community, Not Competition
National Pepperoni Pizza Day — A day of fundraising for West Coast pizzerias Marc Schechter and Danny Stollers of Square Pie Guys in the San Francisco, California, rallied 15 West Coast pizzerias to celebrate National Pepperoni Pizza Day (Septe...
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65. Pizza Expo Mini Sessions: The Energy of Competition
This week, we pulled two pizza professionals from the International Pizza Challenge competition area to talk shop. First up, Andy Brown, who owns Andy’s Pizza with three Washington, D.C. locations. He was still abuzz from winning the non-traditiona...